He said it multiple times, so it wasn't just a failure to see what the next word coming was. He was trying to make a point about paying attention during film sessions. And he made it over, and over, and over.
He was given the choice between resigning and getting fired.
Sad end to a long career in Norman. As a player and a coach, he's been involved in 350 OU games, 271 of them wins. More than anyone else in OU history in both categories. But there's zero tolerance at OU for what he did, and he was well aware of the rules.
Almost to a man, the former players he's coached--most of them Black--have supported him. But the issue was not, "Are you a racist?" It was, "Can you follow the rules?"
It's a bad thing to happen less than 4 weeks before the first game. But Venables is determined to replace Muleshoe's "whatever" culture with one of accountability. And the coaches have to be accountable too.